''Blastenia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
lichen
A lichen ( , ) is a hybrid colony (biology), colony of algae or cyanobacteria living symbiotically among hypha, filaments of multiple fungus species, along with yeasts and bacteria embedded in the cortex or "skin", in a mutualism (biology), m ...
-forming
fungi
A fungus (: fungi , , , or ; or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as one ...
in the family
Teloschistaceae
The Teloschistaceae are a large family (biology), family of mostly lichen-forming fungi belonging to the class (taxonomy), class Lecanoromycetes in the division (botany), division Ascomycota. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, althoug ...
.
The genus was
circumscribed In geometry, a circumscribed circle for a set of points is a circle passing through each of them. Such a circle is said to ''circumscribe'' the points or a polygon formed from them; such a polygon is said to be ''inscribed'' in the circle.
* Circum ...
in 1852 by
Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo
Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo (13 May 1824 – 25 May 1860) was an Italian paleobotanist and lichenologist. He was born in Tregnago in the Province of Verona and took a great interest in botany as a young man. Massalongo joined the faculty of med ...
.
The genus has a
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
.
Species
,
Species Fungorum
''Index Fungorum'' is an international project to index all formal names (Binomial nomenclature, scientific names) in the fungus Kingdom (biology), kingdom. As of 2015, the project is based at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, one of three partn ...
(in the
Catalogue of Life
The Catalogue of Life (CoL) is an online database that provides an index of known species of animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms. It was created in 2001 as a partnership between the global Species 2000 and the American Integrated Taxono ...
) accepts 29 species of ''Blastenia''.
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Blastenia afroalpina''
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Blastenia ammiospila''
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Blastenia anatolica''
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Blastenia carnella''
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Blastenia catalinae''
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Blastenia caucasica''
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Blastenia circumpolaris''
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Blastenia coralliza''
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Blastenia crenularia''
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Blastenia endochromoides''
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Blastenia ferruginea
''Blastenia ferruginea'' is a species of corticolous lichen, corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Teloschistaceae. It has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Taxonomy
''Lichen ferrugineus'' has a complex taxonomy (biology), tax ...
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Blastenia festivella''
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Blastenia furfuracea''
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Blastenia gennargentuae''
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Blastenia hungarica''
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Blastenia keroblasta''
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Blastenia lauri
''Blastenia'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed in 1852 by Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo.
The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
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Blastenia macquariensis''
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Blastenia monticola''
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Blastenia palmae''
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Blastenia psychrophila
''Blastenia'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1852 by Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo.
The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
, Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of L ...
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Blastenia pulcherrima''
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Blastenia purpurea''
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Blastenia relicta''
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Blastenia remota''
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Blastenia scabrosa''
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Blastenia subathallina''
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Blastenia subochracea''
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Blastenia xerothermica''
References
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Teloschistales
Lichen genera
Teloschistales genera
Taxa named by Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo
Taxa described in 1852